Forty years of neuroglycopenia: neuropsychiatry for the internist.
The case of a 65-year-old patient with an insulin-secreting pancreatic tumour and a 40-year history of neuropsychiatric disease is reported. The physiopathology and clinical features of acute, subacute, and chronic neuroglycopenia in patients with endogenous insulin hypersecretion are discussed.
Wouters
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Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium.
Van Gaal
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De Leeuw
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors